Jennifer Menchin

Australia is predicted to lose around half of its international student population by mid 2020 if borders remain closed, a leading education think tank has suggested.

Australia's PM confirmed last week that Australian citizens and residents would be prioritised in terms of border arrivals so no extension of limited pilot flights will happen – for now.

We want to make it a truly global degree and to be able to do that it needs to be online

The Future Female Conference for international female students studying in Victoria has seen a five-fold increase in registrations in 2020.

Institutions across New Zealand and Australia are seeking to develop hybrid delivery models via joint programs and partnerships that will suit future students' needs - as stakeholders agree more students may wish to start in-country and complete overseas.

An app for neuro-diverse children is among the initiatives that have won awards at Australia’s first digital start up festival for international students.

Australia’s international education sector has been one of the hardest hit by Covid -19, but the hard lessons learned has put the country in a position to be stronger than ever according to industry representatives.

Industry and political leaders in Australia have expressed frustration and disappointment at the treatment of international students who have been stranded in-country due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

ELT providers can harness the positives from Covid-19 and use them to reinvent what and how they deliver, according to speakers at the English Australia 2020 virtual conference.

The crisis in Australia’s higher education sector continues to deepen as more universities announce staffing and budget cuts, with growing calls for the federal government to provide financial support.